Improvement in portable fences



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- Portable-Fences.

Patented Dec. 23 1873..l

Y 'Y Attorneys.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEo BUFUS JOHNSON, OF GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN PORTABLE FENCE'S.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 145,875, dated Dccember 23], 1873; application led November 13,1873.

To all whom it may concern:v

Be it known that I, RUFUs J oHNsoiv, of

Griffin, in the county of Spalding and in the State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences; and dohereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.-

The nature of my invention Lconsists in the construction and arrangement of a fence which shall be cheap and economical in manufacture, portable, and firm and durable in use, as will u be hereinafter more fully set forth.

. ened to the rear end of the sill A, and crosses the supportingbar near its upper end, and is secured to the same. D D represent rails or planks, which are laid upon the sills against the supporting-bars, their ends overlapping each other, as shown. After the rails or planks have been laid in the manner shown, a bar, G, is fastened to the front end of the sill A, and laid on top of the rails parallel with the supporting-bar B, the upper end of the bar G fastened to the brace O, and one or more nails driven through the bar G into the rails,

l if desired. Between the lowest rail and the sill a small block, a, is inserted, and another block, b, is inserted in the space formed by the uppermost rail-bars B and Gr and brace C, thus in a measure locking the rails so that they cannot slip out. E represents a top rail covering the whole, placed in the crotch between the supporting-rail B and the brace O. The bar G passes over this top rail E, and the top rail may be held down by a nail driven over it into the bar G.

This fence is light, strong, and durable, and, by reason of the angle at which it stands, it will soon dry, and is, therefore, not subject to rot or decay asmuch as other fences. It is not so liable to be blown down by high winds, nor to be broken down or washed away by freshets-when built in low ground.

The material of any old fence can be used in building this, and it will ward otf all kind of stock and cattle. for grazing stock, mules, &c., and when used close to the fence for raising corn or grain.

I am aware of a patent to one NV. T. Willie for a fence-post, dated August 20, 187 2, wherein is shown an inclined zigzag fence, hence I disclaim such as being my. invention.

By my construction of parts, the fence-panels are all on a line, so .that the fence does not occupy unnecessary space 0nthe ground, and is not in the way in plowing a straight furrow close to the bottom thereof.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the sills A, supportingbars B, braces O, rails D E, bars Gr, and blocks a b, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 26th day of October, 1873.

BUFUS JOHNSON.

` Witnesses:

GEO. B. BRoADFooT,

S. W. MANGHAM.

It can vbe made portable around a field the ground may be plowed up Y 

